The criticism of Kylian Mbappe on points this season has undoubtedly sometimes been hyperbolic, but when he yielded a hat trick against Manchester City in February, it seemed that the very best of the French attacker was on the road. Because he has looked at a shadow of himself.
Mbappe is missing against Real Sociedad because of a tooth operation and did not score against Girona, Real Betis of Atletico Madrid, although he was involved in their only goal in the Benito Villamarin. The 26-year-old, however, was later withdrawn against Betis and was seriously struggling to focus on the Champions League collision with Atletico Madrid.
Registration of only one shot and one dribble, those statistics have not been delivered to a positive sum in addition to his 14 losses of the ball. According to Marca, there is concern at the club that the Mbappe is back from November. Carlo Ancelotti spoke with Mbappe and Vinicius Junior, who also did not perform well against Atletico and asked them to be more ruthless for the goal, in particular that point emphasize in particular for the Frenchman. Captain Luka Modric also had words with him in that sense.
The criticism was perhaps more understandable when Mbappe, released in the Atletico box with the opportunity to set up Vinicius for an open goal and kill the match on Tuesday evening, took an extra touch and played a bad ball. The chance evaporated and it was surprising to see it beg.
“Mbappe and Vinicius have not fulfilled the minimum services at a defensive level and the team suffers,” said analyst and former Real Madrid coach Alvaro Benito on Cadena Ser, as also quoted by Marca.
“Carlo Ancelotti spoke exactly about this. That when they are doing well, the central midfielders don't have to go so much and be able to join the central defenders, which makes the team less vulnerable. As happened on the day of the Manchester City game. “
It took little time for the local press to draw comparisons with Rodrygo Goes and Brahim Diaz, who not only scored brilliant individual goals to give Los Blancos a lead for the second stage, but also loudly defensively ran. Before the Ancelotti match had spoken about the attitude on the side, and it seems that some people got the message more than others.
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